I remember back in the 70's everyone drift/cast fished. Hardly anyone trolled for walleye. You didn't need to. Limit catches were very common. That's when the limit was 10 fish a day. You would see hundreds of boats in a pak drifting. Then the walleye fishing went bad. I remember back in the mid to late 80's ( I think) we gave up on walleye and concentrated on perch and smallies. That's when trolling became more common. Out of necessity. Now today with all the great hatches we've had the walleye population is back and we are catching them drifting again. I will admit trolling is much more productive than drifting. But not nearly as fun. Take today. My brother-in-law and I started the day casting. We picked up half of our limit then the bite quite. We switched to trolling and picked up the rest of our limit. Just another great day on the lake.